Chapter 13

Violet

"Son of a bitch ,I almost died because of what pause your evening and your rubbing it in my face?You are a pathetic piece of work ,Do you know that ? “ I struggle in his arms and he tightens his grasp.

"Stay still," he orders, "or I might drop you."

“Don’t you dare ,you coward “ I slap at his shoulder and my palm encounters the hard muscles of his body. Goosebumps rise on my skin. Shit, why does he draw such a primal response from me?

He continues walking and I glance up at the jut of his chin. For a second there, when he’d kissed me, I was sure I’d been wrong about him. That he isn’t the kind of monster I’d thought him to be. He saved my life, didn’t he? He’d come after me after that…that show that he’d put on for me. Why did he do that?

“Why wouldn’t I?”

"You are scared about how I make you feel?"

His jaw tenses.

"You are worried that you are attracted to me?"

"You?" His lip curls. He stares straight ahead, lengthens his stride. "Is that what you think?"

"Why else wo